PRODUCTIVITY
The PRODUCTIVITY Podcast brings you science backed productivity tactics, techniques, and procedures that work so you can get the most out of your time, talent and ideas.
You get one productivity episode a day in a short, productive, episode that gives you actionable playbooks to put the ideas to work for yourself.
Your Host Brandon White has been an entrepreneur in the trenches for over two decades. He has his Masters in Psychology, MBA, and is a certified Expert Tiny Habits Coach studying with BJ Fogg from Standford's Behavioral Design Lab.
With real life experience , Brandon knows he'll never get everything done in a day, but he's figured out the best productivity strategies and products that are force multipliers to get the most out of a day in your personal and professional life. Listen in for your daily productivity tips.
Episodes
289 episodes
The End-of-History Illusion: Why You Think You're Done Changing and 3 Protocols to Design Your Future Self
The End-of-History Illusion, what the End-of-History Illusion is, why your brain is so bad at predicting your future self, and 3 protocols how to stop making permanent decisions based on a temporary version of you.STUDY CITATIONS...
The Business Card Redesign That Makes You Impossible to Forget
How to design your business card that's built for the person receiving it, what makes a business card functional instead of forgettable, and 3 protocols to design a business card that that stands out makes people remember you.STUDY CITAT...
Learned Industriousness: How to Train Your Brain to Enjoy Hard Work
Learned industriousness is, what psychology says about why high effort tasks can become genuinely rewarding, and 3 protocols for training your brain to stop dreading hard work and start craving it.STUDY CITATIONEisenberger, R...
The Pre-Mortem: How to Visualize Failure Before It Happens and Flush Out Blind Spots Before They Kill Your Project
The Pre-mortem. what the premortem is, why it works, and 3 protocols for running a pre-mortem so you stop finding your blind spots when it's too late.STUDY CITATIONSMitchell, D. J., Russo, J. E., & Pennington, N. (...
AI Calendar Scheduling Tools: AI Tools like Motion and Reclaim Can Give You Back Hours Every Week
AI Calendar Scheduling Tools, what AI scheduling tools are, why the research on AI and productivity says they work, and 3 protocols to get the most out of letting AI manage your calendar starting today.EPISODE LINKS
The Red Queen Effect: How to Stay Relevant When the World Won't Slow Down
The Red Queen Effect, what the Red Queen Effect is, what the research says about why it hits individuals just as hard as entire organizations, and 3 protocols to help you stay sharp, relevant, and out in front.STUDY CITATIONS<...
The ONE Thing: Gary Keller's Method for Getting More Done by Doing Less
The ONE Thing method, what the One Thing Method is, why task-switching is quietly destroying your productivity, and 3 protocols to put the ONE Thing Keller method to work starting today.STUDY CITATIONSRubinstein, J.S.,...
The OODA Loop: A Four-Step Framework for Making Faster, Smarter Decisions
The OODA Loop: what it is, what the research says about why cycling through it faster leads to better outcomes, and 3 ways to use the OODA Loop to stop stalling on your projects, your ideas, and the feedback your team actually needs.S...
Are You Always Late? Science Explains Why and Gives You 4 Protocols to Fix It
We’re diving into why some people are chronically late, what the research says about the four most common reasons some people are always late and four protocols to help you start showing up on time.STUDY CITATIONSConte...
Phosphatidylserine: The Supplement Backed by Science to Boost Your Brain Power
We're covering phosphatidylserine, what phosphatidyl serine is, what the research says about what it does to your brain and your stress hormones, and 3 ways to use phosphatidylserine to get the most out of it.STUDY CITATIONS
AI Brain Fry: How to Avoid It and Stay at Peak Productivity When Using AI
AI Brain Fry, what ai brain fly is, what the research says is causing it, and 3 protocols you do so you can use AI without getting burned out.STUDY CITATIONSBedard, J., et al. (2025). AI at Work: The Productivity P...
How to Stop Being a People Pleaser: The Science Behind Why We Do It and How to Stop
People pleasing: what being a people pleaser is, why the science says we do it, and 3 ways to stop people pleasing and start protecting your own time and sanity so you can be happier with yourself.STUDY CITATIONSCrocke...
A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind: Here's What the Science Says How to Avoid It
We're covering what mind wandering is, why the research says a wandering mind is making you unhappy, and 3 ways to take control of a wandering mind so you can be more present, more productive, more creative, and happier.STUDY CITATION...
How to Protect Your Team When Stress Turns Someone Into a Liability
We're talking about what happens to the people around you when pressure spikes, how to spot the ones who are about to blow up the mission, project or goal, how to be honest about whether that person might be you and 3 protocols to put to work w...
The US Army’s 4 Leadership Principles: What They Are, Why They Work, and How You Can Use Them
We're breaking down the 4 enduring Army leadership principles, what the research says about why they drive real performance and as for the US Army for two centuries, and one protocol for each one you can put to work this week to take your leade...
Creatine: The Brain and Body Benefits and How to Use It Right For Both
We're breaking down creatine — what it is, why the body and brain research behind it is so strong, and three practical protocols on how to use creatine so you actually get the benefits and protect your energy and sanity on the days you need it ...
The 3-Step Protocol to Never Forget a Name or Face Again When You Meet Someone New
We're covering a 3-step protocol to never forget a name or face again, looking at what the research says about why face-name memory is so hard to begin with, and 3 protocols you can use the next time you meet someone new to make sure their name...
How to Write a Modern Business Plan in 11 Slides and Increase Your Chances of Success
We're covering how to write a business plan in 11 slides — what a business plan actually is in its modern form, what the research says about why having one matters, and then the 11 slides you need to test and validate any product or service qui...
Trust Your Gut or Run the Numbers? Here's What the Research Says About When to Use the Decision Matrix
We're breaking down the gut vs. data debate, what the research says about when trusting your gut works, when it quietly leads you off a cliff, and a simple decision-making tool called a decision matrix that will take the noise out of hard choic...
Decision Fatigue Mastery: 3 Protocols to Make Better Choices Every Day
Decision fatigue: what decision fatigue is, why your brain burns through its decision making fuel faster than you think, and 3 protocols to beat decision fatigue so you stay sharp and productive all day.STUDY CITATIONSDanzige...
Self-Sabotage: The Behavioral Science of Self-Sabotage and How to Get Out of Your Own Way
Self-Sabotage: why you sabotage your own best days, what the Immunity to Change framework says about the hidden commitments driving that self-sabotage, and 3 protocols to surface the real reasons you keep getting in your own way.STUDY CI...
Continuity Books: The Military's Secret to Seamless Role Transitions and How to use it to Get New People Productive Faster
Continuity Books, what Continuity Books are, why the U.S. military swears by them, what the research says about why continuity books work, and 3 protocols to use them so the next person stepping into a role hits the ground running and gets prod...
Why 44% of Meeting Action Items Never Get Done and the AI Protocol That Fixes It
We're covering AI meeting assistants. What AI meeting assistants are, why the research says your meetings follow-through keeps breaking down 44% of the time, and 3 protocols for using an AI meeting assistant that will turn your meetings into a ...
Your Job Is Changing. How to Stay Relevant and a Step Ahead as AI Takes Over the Work
We're breaking down what it means to become an Orchestrator in the age of AI, what the shift looks like, what the research says about why making the shift matters for your job security, and 3 protocols to start making the transition befor...
Flow State Psychology: The 4 Triggers You Need to Enter "The Zone" on Command To Hit Your Peak Performance
We’re diving deeper on flow state psychology to hit your peak performance mode, what the research says about how flow state works, and the 4 triggers psychologists and performance researchers say you need to enter flow state on command so you c...
